Opinion

Under the current Cyprus government its policies are increasingly serving the interests of the few rather than the needs of the many. This is particularly the case in the management ...

Napoleon Bonaparte famously called Britain a nation of shopkeepers. Britain seemed more like a nation of gamblers after the betting scandal last week. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gambled on ...

The 48-hour strike called by doctors at public hospitals for next Tuesday and Wednesday isn’t certain to go ahead. These disputes often tend to get settled at the last ...

Various issues relating to pensioners have been pushed to the fore recently, mainly due to the deaths of several elderly people from heatstroke. Leaving aside that according to the Lancet ...

The statement of the Child Commissioner to the House education committee during a debate on banning mobile phones in schools could not have failed to raise eyebrows among most parents ...

By Nilupama Wijewardena When asked to describe an ideal organisational leader, many people might be inclined to use quite serious adjectives such as solemn, determined or results-oriented. Yet one trait ...

A couple of months ago this column congratulated parliament for axing the additional free health services to civil servants that were not covered by Gesy, but we warned that Pasydy ...

In the annals of literary history, few relationships capture the essence of unfulfilled longing and intellectual kinship like that of Franz Kafka and Milena Jesenská. As we mark a hundred ...

After Julian Assange was released by a court on the remote U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan on Wednesday, ending a 14-year legal battle, the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer first ...

There is one thing almost all populist nationalists agree on: the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the continuing carnage there was the fault of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. ...

On Tuesday the Association of Hotel Managers was the first sector of the tourism industry to express concern over escalating rhetoric, speculation and reports as regards a potential expansion of ...

By Simone Tagliapietra In the run-up to the European elections, there has been substantial speculation about the future of the Green Deal, with some pointing at its potential dismantling following ...

Implications of Euro-elections on European energy The headline in the FT following the June elections in Europe was: ‘Europe’s green backlash – Rightwing advances in EU parliament (EP) elections will ...

Gaza, IDF, Hamas, Netanyahu, famine, terrorism, genocide, and on and on: the loud, incessant clatter of local issues and tactical moves almost drowns out the low, grinding noise as the ...

A group of prominent foreign business leaders with significant interests in Cyprus has come together to pen a letter addressed to Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis. The forum of over 100 businesspeople, ...

A heartfelt tribute from Agnieszka Rakoczy Soft spoken and known for his great sense of humour, Martin Hellicar, the highly respected environmentalist who died last week at the age of 56, ...

I am writing to express my strong disappointment and concern over the article “We trust the Cypriot government, but we certainly do not trust Israel” by Varsen Aghabekian (Cyprus Mail, ...

The Refugee Convention was intended as a temporary expedient and not as a vehicle for permanent settlement elsewhere Like it or not the tilt to the extreme right in elections ...

Last Monday there was an outcry by parents of students because the mathematics paper of the university entrance exams (also known as the Pancyprian exams) was very difficult and the ...

The government, even though it has issued a measured and calm response, cannot fail to have been rattled by the threat from Hassan Nasrallah to make Cyprus “part of the ...

By Birau Mia and Carolina O.C. Werle Ever wondered why you reach for a snack after hitting the gym? Research shows that physical exercise often leads to increased food ...

Although the subsidy of electricity bills, after its last extension, would have finally expired at the end of June, the government has now extended it to for another four months – ...

For centuries, ancient artefacts, art, and relics have been a topic of ownership, provenance and morality debates. But what is the current situation for those who have intentionally purchased stolen ...

Although I don’t dwell on the Old Reaper, this squirrel thought it time to throw away junk to make sorting easier for those left behind when I pop off, ...